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700 air aul the same. The kannady
thissels has got to be stuck rite strate
off, or the old Thissel kumishoner will
cum round and hire men to stick EN-
fur us, afore thay go to sead; and us
fellers has got to pay fur the work.
How is all the foxes in Oh cago? Up
our way it's oncommonly helthy see
son. Nobuddy amt sick that I ken
think on, kept my Wuman's neffu, he
ct too mulch sweet kake to the Camp
meatin last weak, and it sot heavy like
onto his stummick, and nocked his In
side apparatus out of killer fur day or
too. 1 will tell you A Word in privit
consarnin this sickness. Ny wuman
and aul konneckshun blongs to the
methods congergashun hear, and thay
ollways has big kampmeatin evry
Sumer. The grub the wimmin tax up
fur them ockashuns is site to Behold.
Now, I wus brung up into the Hard
shell habits Perswashun, and kamp-
meatins haint never made me sick yet.
But I dasnt tell the old Wuman my
opinyuns and vues, caus she roofs the
roost in this family. Its hard fur q
man what has bin elecktid skule Di-
recktes twict and Path master onct,
and what has bin a runnin fur Justis Nv
the PEGS on the stump ticket, last
spring, its hard I say, Mister edditter,
fur setch man to stand round fur
Wuman. But then I keap thinkin Nv
them old, furrin, greeky filossifers and
lots Nv uther illustriyus men what had
cross diposishuned wimmen to boss EN-
round, and eff thay Good stand it, aUhy
I reckon I ken! That's what old
mosus Grumblebee Heaps tellin me.
"Bare up, my friend. bare up!" that's
what he ses. "Think Nv them
shinin Examples Mats bin sot
700, way off in ainshent
Antickwityl Eff setch men as
NAPOLEON bonipart, and JoopiSter, and
cristuffer Columbus, and hennery the
8 Nv highland, and Deemosthonees, had
stopped rite into the middel Nv thare
gloreous kareer, caus thare Wimmin
was henpeckin EN-, WHARF, I ask,
WHARF wood the world be To-day?
Americy woodnt a bin Diskivered,
Mosko woodnt bin sot a Fire, dee
mosthonees woodnt Bed aul the smart
Things he did say, and hennery the 8
and Joopitter, wal I reckon them two
woodnt have dun Lots Nv things thay
Did do; eff they Had stoppd caus thare
Wimmin was jawin EN-. When dee
mosthonees coodnt stand it to hum no
longer caus his Wuman used him so
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-10-01
THE RAINBOW SERMON.
Py GEORGIA M111ARpE AMBR1DeE.

A shower came down and kissed the earth with
loving tenderness,
And every forest monarch sage received us
mute caress :,
The flowers and the meadow brook drank III I'D
And een the sun smiled through the trees, and
made the scene more fair.
mother and her little child stood meath a
spreading oak;
The child was mute with wonder as thus the
mother spoke:
look Raymond dear, cross yonder hill, toward
Do YOU not see that lovely arch of colors bold
and true?
See how it spans the vaulted skies and dips
into the sea,
Then peeks at us from way behind that grand
old forest tree
One day. it's said, monarch came, from worlds
And hid a pot of gold just where the rain
bow touched the flowers.
Some seek that mystic pot of gold until Life's
tide is passed,
And, failing in their search, return, exhausted,
And some thank God Goi there are few who read
that bow Alright,
See only in its varied hue promise clear and
bright.
Long centuries ago, twas made by One who
walked the sea,
And yet, us new and firm to-day and comfort
ing to me.
Its mellow light spreads Ger the earth, and en-
tiers my sad heart,
Speaks peace to all my troubled thoughts, and
waits to ne'er depart.
1T is mystic messenger, prophetic, grand and
grave,
And those who read its missive will find the
words L save
And SO if we, who turn its leaves, will study
carefully, 4
Wen find the promise written, Little children
come to Me-"
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hear her jaw. And their he sot up q
Establishment Nv his own, with no
cross wuman to bender his Medita-
shuns and Spite his filosif fur
him. He. sot into his merlasses
barrill kontentid as Good be. thinkin
Powerful site Nv thowts which wus
kalkilatid fur to improov fokses Intel
leck and straten up thare Morrills.
Bare up, my friend, Bare up!" That's
the way Mosus tauks to me, and he
knows what he is taukin about, Mosus
duz, caus he has got emmy Amount Nv
Book lsrnin. Them remarks Nv hisn
is A mitey konserlashun to man like
Me, what's bin onnered by His Teller
sittisens Nv the Place what he lives in,
by bein yoonanimusly elecktid to fill
the offises afore menshuned; which
shows that thay is Appresl,iatin Nv his
talens and ratteral Gifts. I close fur
To-day. Moar the next Time Betwixt
haydn and Harvest me and the Old
wuman intends fur to cum down and
see 700, eff nothing turns up to pervent.
Yoors trooly, DANYELL GREEN,
Skule dereckter, path Master, and
which wus runnin fur Jestis Nv
the PEGS.
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boy suggested that they should send
for the young man On the top floor,
since they had SO Il 1ch and to spare.
And no sooner said, than one of the
youngest of the family had climbed up
to the attic, and was soon pushing 9
reluctant young man into the room. It
was another surprise for me, for l was
again confronted with my old friend
the bicycle rider.
I knew just how he felt. He was
proud and he did not like to accept
anything from these poor honest PEG
pie; but they made MIN 30 welcome,
and the appetizins smell Of the dinner
was 30 savory, that before he exactly
knew what to think, he was seated at
the table and eating q he had not eaten
since he left the country.
I found out, through the converse
ton at the table during the meal, that
he was q poor author, and that the
paper on which he had worked had
suddenly failed, % that he was reduced
to extreme want. He talked remark
ably well for 90 young . man, and I
grew very much interested in him.
Among other things, he said be had
Rrown % discouraged ct late that b
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I noticed about ten days after Ara
bella went away that the goose to whom
we chung with such affection was grow
ing fat. The fact alarmed me, for l
knew by the signs that our venerable
friend was destined to fall into the
hands of the executioner. She, poor
thing, suspected nothing of the i'm
pending danger, but ate her double ra-
tions with thankful heart, and wad-
died about the barn-yard proud with
satisfaction.
But the gluttonous grass-widow did
not long enjoy her luxurious life; for
one night we were bundled uncersmo-
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MARY Was Too Late.

Husband, running into the house in a
big hurry:
MARY, go and GET"
II won't do it. Your legs are as
young as mine. Get it yourself.
Yes, but get"
Get it yourself, I tell you. I've got
lots of work of my own to attend to.
sMary, don't act SO. Hurry, or you
will be too late. Get"
IL won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, so
there; go and get it yourself"
@There it goes now. I knew we'd get
left"
left where?"
II wanted You to hurry up and get
your bonnet and go down to the ball
game with me, but the train has gone
now, so well have to stay at home.
II don't care, John Henry, you're
just ~ hateful as you can be. You
know I'm just dying to see ball game.
Buo-heo-."-Dasaspille Breeze.
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this performance bit, and I am in
clined to think he rather exaggerated
She result of his injuries. I know they
sat by the shady road long enough to
have had a dozen arms set, and he
hadn't broken anything but his bicycle.
Well, l thought they never would
say good-by; but at last, after taking
about an hour to the operation, the
young man disappeared over the hill
trundiing his bicycle, and Arabella
went back to the house with dreamy
look in her eyes, and new installment
of freckles accumulated during the in
terview.
From that day the young man was
often to be seen going by the house,
and finally he began to stop at the gate !;
and it wasn't very long before they
were practicing archery on the lawn.
The summer passed and the fall set
in, but even in the bleak days of Oc-
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cycler was introduced by the editor to
his daughter, who turned out to be
none other than Arabella!
So I was the means of bringing to-
gether two loving hearts, and saving
that truly good young man from being
a suicide. They were married yester-
day, and I, mounted in gold, occupied
the most conspicuous place among the
many costly presents. I did that young
man a good turn once; and shall do
it again. He shall be rial, if my
nibs hold out!
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JUSTICE FIELD and his associates Of
the United States Court at San Fran
cisco may have rendered proper de-
cision in the Stanford matter. says the
Chicago Herald. It was their duty to
apply the rule, and the rule seems to
be what they stated, namely, that the
commission had no more judicial
power than its creator, the Nat 'onal
Legislature, and was not entitled to
the aid of courts in compelling answers
from contumacious witness, especially
so when these answers might criminate
the witness. If Congress is in earnest
it will have to proceed against the de-
line uent aided railways in different
fashion. But if the Justice and his
associates have a duty to discharge
upon the bench they are ander moral
obligation of discreet and seemly per-
sonal conduct. They ought so to bear
themselves that popular respect for
the bench would suffer no detriruent.
It was not merely indiscreet, it was
that after having rendered
q decision which lifted Stanford out OF
q predicament Judge Sawyer should
become the host of STAN
ford and other Pacific Railroad officials
at dinner attended also by Justice
Field and Judge Hoffman. The re-
port seems almost incredible. But the
influence of Stanford's great wealth
upon the politics, the social life and
The ogc;al expression of the Pacific
coast is phenomenal
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before we stopped our work, and 1 was
laid down alonr5l1e of the poem, which
was beautifully written on spotless
piece of paper, all ready for the next
operation.
In the morning my proprietor put
me in his pocket, together with the
completed manuscript, and then we
did great deal of walking until we
came to square filed with trees and
benches. At the north end of this
stood high brick building, which I
recognized by the sign as belonging to
very wealthy publishing house.
My proprietor, with a confident step,
entered an elegant Office in this build
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roof. and filed with hurrying people.
I was being whirled through the build
ing at 2 40 speed, on the wings OF
the cold north wind, for I was free at
last to 60 where l would; my old friend
the goose, bare as newborn babe,
lay on stall below me as I whirled by.
I was so busy looking around me
that l ran smack into the face of a
hungry-looking young man, who was
haggling with a marketwoman for a
pound of liver. Heavens! I recog-
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had not written . line, but IN idea for
q poem had come to him as he walked
about the streets that day, and he In
tended to begin it at once. After din
ner was over he caught sight of me in
the baby's hands. @Just the thing
want to write my poem with, if the
baby don't mind" he said with laugh.
off you will lend it to me, perhaps it
will bring me luck, and shall soften
the heart of some publisher. So he
got me finally, and, after saying good
night to the honest people, went up to
his attic. where he fashioned me into
as fine quill-pen as ever an author
gained Immortality by using.
For hours and hours that night
travelled diligently over the paper
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AS THE survivors of Walkers Mics

AS THE survivors of Walkers Mica.
raguan expedition are to meet in this
city during the coming autumn, says
the Louisville Courier-Joa1'raal, it is
not out of place to tell something OF
that episode in American history,
which created a remarkable sensation
at the time, but is now totally forgot
ten, except by the few who were then
adults and have survived the events of
that period. General William Walker
was Tennessean, and by profession
q lawyer, physician, journalist, and
explorer. In 1853 he organized an ex-
petition for the conquest of Sonora,
but failed in his attempt, and was
tried and acquitted the next year at
San Francisco for violation of the neu-
trality laws. In 1866 he interfered in
the intestine troubles of Nicaragua,
and landed in the country with sixty
two followers, but soon received some
re-enforcements. He gained two bat
ties and took possession of the city of
Granada. Recruits continued to ar
rive from the United States, and his
force was increased to 1900 men. In
1866 he gained entire control of the
country, and increased his army with
additional forces of American adven-
turers. He engaged in a war with
Costa Rioa, and was defeated in the
first battle, but gained the second.
He was elected President of Nicaragua,
and abolished slavery. But intestinal
wars broke out and he was deposed.
He surrendered to the United States
authorities and was taken to New Or
leans; escaped and returned to Mica
ragua, but was again arrested. He
made several other attempts to control
the country, but failed each time.
Finally. in 1860, he led an expedition
into Honduras, with the intention of
creating revolution, but he and all his
men were captured and shot.
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Stage Notes.

SARAH JEwETT will return to the
stage this autumn.
ROBSON and CRANE have high aspira-
tons for their new play by Bronson
Howard
PAULINE LUCIA is engaged to make
an American tour next April For her
ten performances she is to receive
SIS, 900.
DURING Minnie Palmer's Australian
tour the condolences profits were
large, and she closed at Sidney some
$50, 900 ahead
IT is said that Emma Abbott, while a
poor girl singing in the streets of To
1edo, had certain upper-attic air about
her.-Tid-B Bills.
JUDGING from the appearance of some
of the ladies in the ballet, we are led
to believe that brevity is the soul OF
burlesque. -Pretzeps National Weskfu.
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LOUIS KossUTH, who left Turin re-
Gently for Courmayeur, where he will
take the waters, is in excellent health.
In spite of his S. years he is perfectly
erect, his complexion is rosy, and his
intellect as vigorous as ever. His
sister, Mime. Ruttkay, who formerly
resided in the United States. IL his
constant companion.
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all the good things were for them. 1
declare, / wished [ could be man to
buy Arsbella just then and there for
what she had done.
1t would take me long time to de-
scribe the pleasure that poor family
experienced through her bounty, and
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ing, and deposited
his manuscript with
a supercilious-look-
ing clerk, who eyed
him disdainfully as
he pitched the pack
age into a half-flled
basket that lay on
the desk. But my
proprietor was too
confident of success
to mind this, and
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does not know the outlines of frying
pan, bnt baby gets his brain food, for
mamma catches many fish and orders
them broiled.
In old literature there occur manv
indiscriminate allegations as to femi-
nine frivolousness, talkat:veness, and
general indiscretion. The ofense is
ancient, and charges so broad and
indlscrlminate are unworthy disputa-
ton. The ancient satirist went on at
great length to show that all these
fralities were prodigiously apparent
when woman went fishing.
Lord Angler, in those days, would
don his velveteens, his high-topped
boots, provide himself with book of
flies, basket of lunch, which was
chiefly done up in TASKS, shoulder his
rod, and without show of invitation
to any of the ladies go selfshly off for
days fishing.
Now, almost every boat carries q
lady angler, and her bright flannel
fishing suit and broad straw hat make
a cheerful showing in piscatorial re-
treats. It is generally acknowledged
that some of the very best anglers in
the country are women.
They excel in adaptability and fer
tility of resource. and possess in high
degree two important elements-pa-
thence and perseverance-which go to
make up successful angler. They,
alas! have too much conscience, and
sometimes fall behind in competition
with the men in stories about their
takes.
The ladies at our Northwestern re-
sorts have evidently realized this sum-
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Piscaterial Pastimes.

)ISHY, hshy in the
brook;
Daddy Q aught
h1m with q
hook;
Nanny fry him
in q pan;
Baby eat him like
o man.
This rhyme
is too, too old
fashioned for
anynse. Now
adays mamma
filings the fes
tive hook. She
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and who should enter
but Arabella! Yes,
Arabella; and behind
her strobe a footman in
livery, carrying a bas-
etful of poultry and
groceries - enough to
last the family for a
month. And how the
newsboy yelled, and
his mother laughed,
and the baby crowed,
when they found that
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niously into a
box, and found
ourselves in q
few hours on
the rolling cars
When I fin
ally saw day
light again, it
was to find my
self in a great
market with a
glass = covered
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papers and started
for home. Our
way led through
the east end of the
city, where the
houses looked like
stranded
on the shores OF
t h Q commercial
sea; tottering ten
ements that over
looked blind al
leys, with sight
Shocking win
dows filed with
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, nized the young BIZ
cycle rider. I was
very glad Arabella was
not present to see him
las I did that day with
out an overcoat or
gloves, his face blue
with the cold, and a
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onkindly did
he sass back or
60 to cussin I?
Or wuss yit,
d id b Q lay
70 und a n d
hang his he'd
Not by enIy
mems. He jest
W 9 n t to the
store and bowt
a m erl q s 8 es
Hogshead, and
rolled it hum;
q little ways
from the house,
so ne coodnt
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hummed merry tune all the way home.
An old goose-quill I once met on the
farm, and my only literary friend, once
told me that the average magazine ed
itor generally took one year to read a
manuscript, one year to pay for it, and
about FIVE years to publish it. I was
Therefore surprised to find, few days
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how the table
groaned W i / b
G God things.
They were all
going to sit
down to the
first good meal
they had en-
joyed in weeks,
when the nowr.
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mer the pleasures to be derived from
this amusement, and it's lakes and
streams are tangled with their lines. It
takes muscle to hold the lightest rod,
and some of the less energeting take to
trolling. We know of one young lady
up at White Bear Lake, who spent
many mornings under the awning of a
light boat, trolling line in hand, while
dennis, p" her good-natursd coachman,
rowed her gently on. But she never
caught anything. She was asked if she
did not grow tired fishing with no re-
suits.
"Gracious, mol" she replied. "Why,
I wouldn't catch fish for any con-
sideration. It is all right to troll, but
were a fish to bite I should have to
draw the line in, perhaps rapidly. Then
Dennis would have to stop rowing, and
I should have to help him take it off
the hook, and then we would have the
damp thing fopp ng around in the
boat until we could land. All, mol"
with a yawn. II wouldn't catch one
for the world"
But she was voted the LATEST person
at the lake, and all the women snubbed
her.
A gentleman, however, tells of an
other who, in very rough water, struck
fish, and was wide-awake to land her
prize. She played that fish for fifteen
minutes, and in spite of the waves,
which nearly upset the boat, landed q
big black bass weighing over five
pounds. He says that young angler
displayed more pluck, GOODNESS, and
skill than many male disciple of st.
Peter could have commanded.
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hungry, half sad look in his eyes. He
looked as if he had very little to give
thanks for, poor fellow!
1 would have liked to follow him,
but a particularly spiteful gust of wind
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morning, with her new archery set
around her, when the tragedy occurred.
The goose was so intent in looking at
her fair young figure on the porch that
she did not notice any impending dan
ger. Tooling along the road on BIZ
cycle came a young man attired in a
neat-ftting corduroy suit. A sunburnt,
honest-looking young chap, he seemed
to nae, who took sensible view of life,
and who knew pretty girl when he
saw her.
He saw Arabella, and saw that she
was fair; he did not see the goose, how
ever. There was collision, and in a
moment the air seemed filled with gen.
tlemen's furnishing goods and mid
profanity. The goose. greatly disgust
ed, with ruffied feathers and general
appearance as if she had been boxing
with buzz-saw or delving into the in
tricacies of sausage-machine, retired
to recuperate under the hedge, and
Kissed the other actors in the play.
Arabella stopped long enough to
take up stitch she had dropped in her
knitting, and then went to the young
mans assistance, like a brave little
woman that she was.
She deftly dug the rich Jersey clay
out of his eyes with her rosy fingers,
and bathed his brow with eau-de-
Cologne. He did not seem to object to
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] u 8 t at
that mo-
nlent car
r e d me
O IF and
W b irled
me down
the street
A tile
s hivering
n ewsboy,
who was
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trying to warm himself over a grating
In Printing House Square, caught
sight of me drifting airily by, and after
chase finally captured me, to his great
delight. It was nine o'clock before my
little friend had disposed of all his
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though the young
man was consid-
crate enough to
give me frequent
rests while he
ran his fingers
through his hair
to collect his
thoughts. It was
nearly morning
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vatln and the KAN
ady thissel stickin,
or els I wood a
writ a letter to yer
paper Afore this.
I rite thees fu
lines to let 700 kno
all the foxes is
we'll up our way,
and when b y
reaches VOC Ihoap
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lady from New York,
with an old gold-col-
ored bang, and eyes
as blue as wood-vio-
lets. She dressed as
soberly as O Dominick
hen, and all occupants
of the barn were fond
of her. Even the
goose, who had q no.
toriously bad temper,
forgot to hiss when
she patted its back.
Arabella was stand
-
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IMMORTALITY will come to s1ch as
are fit for it, and he who would be q
great soul in the future must be great
soul now.-EmerSon.
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copied the
invitation to
d i n e that
evening a t
t h Q editors
house with
great alacri-
ty. To make
a long story
s h o r t, we
to the
dinner, and,
IL H. l..
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GOPHER HOLLOW CORRESPOND
ENCE.
By MRS. A. G. FRITsCH.

GoFER HoLLER, Mishigun, Joon Is.
Mister Edditter:
DEER SUR haint had Time to tend
to nothin lately kept the Corn Guilt